From garden to kitchen: celery
Vegetables

From garden to kitchen: celery

There's plenty of uses for your celery once it's ready to be harvested, writes Karen Sutherland.

Potatoes being dug out of the ground.
Vegetables

Paul West’s favourite spuds

Spuds are one of the most productive crops you can grow, so with a little bit of judicious planting in late winter and early spring, you can experience the full breadth that is the wonderful world of potatoes, writes Paul West

Winter morning in Cosgrove, Victoria, Australia.
Troubleshooting

Protecting plants from winter cold & frost

If you have good house heating, it’s easy to forget that out in the garden some plants need protection from the cold. Here's some tips to help your plants through the winter months, from Karen Sutherland.

The tiny florets are edible and can be plucked off to use as a garnish.
What to plant

Herbaceous perennials to plant in winter for spring

Plant herbaceous perennials now for flowers in spring and beyond. Try these suggestions from Karen Sutherland.

Spigariello is a high-yielding brassica.
Vegetables

How to grow spigariello, a high-yielding brassica

Looking for a delicious, high-yielding brassica that can be grown in a pot or in the ground? Look no further than spigariello.

Good bugs are vital to an organic garden.
Pests & diseases

How good bugs work in an organic garden

A well-balanced garden replicates a wild environment filled with beneficial insects that can help keep pests under control.

Podding peas fresh from the garden.
Vegetables

Planting peas from seed

Peas are one of the most obliging vegies to grow from seed, but a bit of planning helps to ensure they'll provide you with an abundant harvest.

Orange tree in a garden.
Fruit & nuts

Soil secrets for citrus success

There's many aspects of citrus growing that ensure success (climate, tree choice and where you plant it, for example) but it all starts with the soil, writes Helen McKerral.

The fruits have a good amount of sweet and tart flesh around a large seed.
Fruit & nuts

Quirky quandongs

Karen Sutherland has been trying to grow quandongs for years and can now report some success!

Silt is super fine soil particles that  form a hard crust if allowed to dry.
Troubleshooting

Reviving a garden after floods

Scientist Kate Wall experienced the Brisbane floods of 2011 and now 2022: here's two important tips she's learned to help gardens recover.

'Eureka' has a very long harvest period.
Fruit & nuts

Fantastic citrus to try

It's time to plant your citrus and Helen McKerral suggests different options you may want to grow in your backyard.

A Silvereye.
What to plant

Bring in the birds

Libby Woodward tells how she and her husband redeveloped a section of their garden with native understory plants designed to draw in insects, birds and wildlife.